Bookmark Collector

Another week’s worth of bookmark related links that I’ve found, from March 8 through March 14.

Enjoy!

Bookmarks in The News

Articles:

Laine Farley’s article this week at BiblioBuffet is about the dispersion of the Berlin Wall and is inspired by a bookmark with an encased piece that wall - Link

Buried in this blog entry is a description of a fan having left a set of hand-made bookmarks for the team. The bookmarks were personalized for each player and very well appreciated. I though this was a great idea - Link

An interesting blog entry discussing ways a bookmark can be used to more clearly indicate a position in a book - Link

Contests:

Nordic Needle is conducting an interesting contest where you send in a hand-stitched bookmark to enter a drawing for a $100 gift certificate. All the entries will be donated to their local libraries and elementary schools for Children’s Book Week - Link

Contest Winners:

The Inner Wheel Club of Sedgemoor (in England) had a bookmark contest celebrating World Book Day, and the winners are on display at the Bridgwater Library - Link

Make Your Own Bookmark

Ellen Hudson has a great tutorial about working with glass, stamping, and solder to make a beautiful glass pendant bookmark - Link

And then Cindy Lyles used Ellen’s tutorial to make another stamped glass and solder pendant bookmark - Link

The next day, Cindy created another bookmark, this time paper based, and posted instructions on how she did it - Link

Here’s a discussion of embroidering on paper to make a bookmark - Link

This blog provides templates and instructions on making bookmarks with a Christian theme - Link

Bookmarks For Sale

I came across the nice little bookmark with a blue chalcedony cabochon - Link

On-Line Collections

Inside Books: Bookmark of the Week

An interesting bookmark from the Design Museum - Link

Marcapaginas: Alia

I’m a sucker for Art Nouveau and these three gorgeous bookmarks had me lingering at this link for awhile - Link

And then, Alia followed up with this amazing set of bookmarks with images from the artwork of Alphonse Maria Mucha - Link

Here are bookmarks commemorating the architecture of Antoni Gaudi - Link

Marcapaginas: Natalia

An impressive collection of bookmarks with a 20’s New York theme, inspired by F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby - Link